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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fordicīdium.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /foʁ.d͡ʒiˈsi.d͡ʒi.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /foʁ.d͡ʒiˈsi.d͡ʒju/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /foʁ.d͡ʒiˈsi.d͡ʒi.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /foʁ.d͡ʒiˈsi.d͡ʒju/
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /foɾ.d͡ʒiˈsi.d͡ʒi.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /foɾ.d͡ʒiˈsi.d͡ʒju/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /foʁ.d͡ʒiˈsi.d͡ʒi.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /foʁ.d͡ʒiˈsi.d͡ʒju/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /foɻ.d͡ʒiˈsi.d͡ʒi.o/ , (faster pronunciation) /foɻ.d͡ʒiˈsi.d͡ʒjo/
- Hyphenation: for‧di‧cí‧di‧o
Noun
fordicídio m (plural fordicídios)
- (archaic, history, religion) Fordicidia (among the ancient Romans, a ritual that sought to ensure agricultural fertility and which consisted of the sacrifice of a pregnant cow)